Faith Ringgold, born and raised in Harlem was greatly influenced by her mother Willi Possey. She became her role model and was adored for the fabric she created because indeed she was a fashion designer. Ringgold used fabric in many of her creations she was especially known for her painted story quilts which proved to be world renowned. They effectively blurred the lines between "fine art" and "craftiness" combining quilted fabric along with story telling.
Faith Ringgold's work symbolizes her continuous struggle against the oppressive structures that seek to oppress women in the status quo. Her artwork seeks to empower people, it served as a beacon for various people who lived in 1970s and thrived with the civil rights movement. She has been a feminist since then and she has protested with various anti-racist organizations including the Women's Artists in Revolution.
Counting to Tar Beach Cassie's Word quilt
Faith Ringgold Faith Ringgold
Artemisia Gentileschi born native to Italy unarguably is one of the greatest female painters ever to particiapte in the activity. According to many, she was one of the most accomplished of her time. She painted in an era where females were not easily accepted in the art world, in fact she was the first female painter to join the Accademia di Arte del Disegno located in Florence Italy.
She was known for painting pictures of women suffering, notably taken from the bible. Sometimes her paintings would depict victims of suicides or warriors in general. She is indeed one of the greatest expressionist painters of her generation. She had to thrive in a society that dehumanized her subjectivity. In a society that restricted her freedoms and one that told her it was wrong and display her talent and that it should be hidden. Painting was a "mans" activity and for to be able to excel in it, well that that was a blasphemy.
"Susanna and the Elders" "Judith Slaying Holofernes" Artemisia Gentelischi 1610 Artemisia Gentileschi, 1620. '
Moreover, sometimes this is not the case. Sometimes she combines the central figure with abstract patterns and they become somewhat hybrid creations that embody combinations of human/animal or even monster related/looking objects. Her creations sometimes can be seen constructed from magazine cutouts and even painted and sculpted surfaces. Moreover, it is important to note that this artist created beauty during a time of rampant sexism in the art industry. She wouldve had to have faced mass discrimination from a populace who deemed her unworthy of having the gift of artistry. Unworthy of having the gift of painting.
Le Noble Savage Family Tree
Wangechi Mutu Wangechi Mutu
2006 2012
Elisibeta Siriani was born in Bologna Italy in 1638 to an era that frowned upon her talents. One that said that her subject position was just too inferior, and that she did not possess the necessary skills that would allow her to excel. Even though she was born to an era that preached that propaganda her father sought to make sure she was indoctrinated differently. so he taught her how to paint.
She was 17 before having completed just about over 19 illustrations, she died at age 27 but by then she had created over 80 works of art. She ran her family's workshop and was fully independent as a painter by the age of 19th truly she was a very strong woman. When her father died she was forced to adopt the position as head of the household subsequently leading her to create over 200 paintings and drawings over her short 27 years of life lived.
Her work was characterized by dramatic light combined with increasing movement initially so-called the baroque style. Many of her works were hallmarked by a complete public display of the creation characterized by curious onlookers who always wanted to catch a glimpse.
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| Head of Jesus Elisibetta Siriani 1655 |
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| Portia Wounding Her thigh Elisibetta Siriani 1664 |
Judy Chicago was born in 1939 in Chicago Illonois, he was a marxist and a labor organizer. His strongly supported workers rights and worker sex equality towards women. She went to UCLA where she acquired a degree in Fine Arts. UCLA opened up the flood gates for her political work. She conducted various rallies with the NAACP and it laid the foundational work for what was soon to become her feminist art. She held various classes teaching feminist art at Fresno State where she then went on to teach, this would have become the first feminist program of its kind ever to be materialized in the US. She drastically changed the feminist scene this was in the 1970s
Most of her artwork consists of depictions from the female's point of view, she focused a lot on spray painted canvas' that explored abstraction and expressionism. She explored the mediums she had and centered them around meanings and depictions of "femininity"
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| The Dinner Party Judy Chicago 1974 |
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| Driving the world to destruction Judy Chicago 1988 |
Works Cited
Chadwick, Whitney. Women, Art, and Society. 4th. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2007. Print.
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